Panamanian feminist, lawyer, judge, and activist Clara González became the first Panamanian woman to earn her Bachelor of Law Degree in 1922, the same year she established the Partido Nacional Feminista (PNF, National Feminist Party) to campaign for women’s rights and suffrage.
One of the first female chemical engineering graduates from the Escuela de Ingeniería Química, in Valparaiso, Chile in 1955
Trained as a chemical engineer at the former Tacuba National School of Sciences (ENCQ), now UNAM’s Faculty of Chemistry, graduating in 1926, she went on to work was in the food industries
Argentine-South African human rights activist
Colombia’s first female chemical engineer
Colombia’s first chemical engineer of African descent, graduating from the University of Antioquia in 1951
Brazilian feminist and pacifist
Brazilian survivor of domestic violence who campaigned for legal changes that established stricter sentences for physical offenders, promotd rehabilitation programs for perpetrators, and offered 24-hour police stations and shelters for abused women.
Known as Juana “La Avanzadora,” or Juana “The Advancer” in English for her valiant efforts and leadership on the frontlines of the fight against colonial rule in Venezuela.
Mexican-American electrical engineer at NASA